Legal help is means tested and available if you can't afford legal representation to protect your legal rights. This service is offered at Wains Solicitors in order to protect your basic rights and allow a fair hearing to resolve issues in both criminal matters and matrimonial cases.

Court proceedings and family matters can be particularly distressing and expensive for everybody concerned. Wains will provide expert, sympathetic and supportive action, and discuss the availability of Legal Aid or other arrangements for your legal costs to be met in a manageable way.

Crime

Areas of expertise:

People charged with criminal offences often have no previous experiences of any sort of court procedure, and need guidance and assistance in coping with any summons they receive or charge made against them. Criminal law is complicated and is constantly changing, and it is essential that expert legal advice is obtained at the earliest opportunity to ensure, as far as possible, that the case is dealt with in the best way.

Wains can advise and assist with all aspects of criminal cases and motoring matters in both Magistrates’ and Youth Court, at the Crown Court, and at Police stations, including arranging for representation at Court or during an interview with the Police.

Wains have a proactive team with experience in a variety of criminal cases and can also advise about the availability of Legal Aid and how to obtain it.


1: Police Station
Evidence given at a Police Station is often reflective on the proceedings of a criminal case. Therefore our expert duty solicitor is available 24hrs a day 7 days a week for representation at the local Police Station. Whatever the position, Wains can give advice in the early stages of a case, inevitably protecting your legal rights.

2: Defence
Wains have a professional Criminal Defence department who provide representation in all types of Criminal Proceedings in both Magistrates and Crown Court with experienced barristers being instructed for Crown Court cases. Wains has an excellent reputation in representing clients in cases from theft to armed robbery and assault to homicide.

3: Youth Justice
We understand that each legal matter requires specialist support tailored to meet each client’s needs. Our firm has an experienced solicitor with experience in representing a large proportion of young people in the local courts.

4: Motoring Matters
Road traffic matters can include anything from a straight forward speeding offence to a serious case of death by dangerous driving.

This area of criminal law is regularly dealt with at Wains. Our expertise can help persuade a court to be lenient in speeding offences and successfully avoid disqualification from driving and advise clients on each individual case.